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Rebecca Grass, 46, was found dead after an alleged axe attack at her home in Dartmouth, Devon, on Tuesday evening. Luke Rigby, 38, has been charged with murder and several other offenses related to the incident. Emergency services responded promptly but no official weapon or motive has been disclosed by police. Grass's son, Reece Romeril, established a GoFundMe page for his mother's funeral expenses and shared an emotional tribute on social media.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-09,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
On Tuesday night, a woman named Rebecca Grass, aged 46, was killed in an alleged axe attack in Dartmouth, Devon. A man in his 40s sustained facial injuries and is currently hospitalized. Emergency services responded to the incident at 9:20 PM near the Church of St Barnabas. Luke Rigby, 38, a local resident, was arrested at the scene on suspicion of murder and remains in custody. He faces additional charges including assault with grievous bodily harm, three assaults by beating, a racially aggravated public order offense, and assaulting an emergency worker. The motive behind the attack is unclear, though neighbors reported seeing someone carrying an axe around the time of the incident.
Written for “Axe Attack Murder Arrest” on 2026-10-09,
grounded in this article and the 1 other(s) covering the same event.
A man has been charged with murder after a woman was killed in an alleged late-night axe attack in a seaside town.
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woman → charge → town
Emergency services rushed to a property in Dartmouth, Devon, at 9.20pm on Tuesday, where Rebecca Grass, 46, was found dead.
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Grass → rush → Tuesday
Luke Rigby, 38, of Dartmouth, has been charged with her murder and is due to appear before Plymouth Magistrates' Court on Saturday.
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Rigby → charge → Saturday
The incident also saw a man, in his 40s, taken to hospital with facial injuries as Rigby is also charged with assault occasioning grievous bodily harm.
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Rigby → see → harm
He is also charged with three further separate alleged offences of assault by beating, a racially aggravated public order offence and assault on an emergency worker.
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He → charge → worker
Rigby currently remains in police custody.
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Rigby → remain → custody
Police have not released details of a suspected weapon or a possible motive for the killing, but neighbours reported seeing someone 'with an axe' in the area around the time.
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neighbours → release → time
A local business owner said: 'Everybody in the town is saying the victim was hit with an axe, it's just sickening if that is the case.'
Rebecca Grass, 46, was found dead at a property in Dartmouth, Devon, on Tuesday evening
A team of forensic officers outside the property in Dartmouth, Devon, on Wednesday
There was a huge emergency service response to the incident from police, ambulance, and the fire brigade
Miss
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Grass → say → police
Grass's family have been informed and are being supported by specially trained officers.
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family → inform → officers
Her son, Reece Romeril, paid an emotional tribute to his mother, who was known to her friends and family as Bex, and has set up a GoFundMe page to raise funds for the 'send-off the kindest of souls deserves'.
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kindest → pay → souls
He wrote: 'As many few have been informed on Wednesday morning I had CID turn up to my work to inform me with some bad news
'
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CID → write → news
How someone can brutally kill my mother in such a horrible way is absolutely terrifying to think about
'
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kill → kill → way
Dealing with this is something I would have never expected in life and times have been difficult lately for sure, my thoughts are with the ones who loved her and my family.'
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who → deal → her
Ending his tribute, he wrote: 'RIP MUM I love you so much and miss you already.'
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I → end → you
One local said she witnessed two police cars and a white van racing through the town's narrow winding streets on Tuesday night.
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cars → say → night
She said: 'I was almost run over by them.
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I → say → them
I was walking along Above Town (correct, road name) heading away from the church around 9.45pm and a white van came flying past followed by two police cars then a third soon after.
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van → walk → cars
Another said: 'It was mayhem last night.
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I'm shocked.
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I → shock → ?
I have never heard of anything like this in Dartmouth.
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I → hear → Dartmouth
My thoughts are with anyone caught up in this.'
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thoughts → catch → this
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